millions of companies forget to renew their domain names every year.
you can just buy the expired domain someone forgot about and get a premium on it.
itโs called drop catching.
where to find them
discovery filtering:
โ expireddomains[.]net
โ domcop
โ freshdrop
โ moonsy
auctions catching:
โ godaddy auctions
โ namecheap expired auctions
โ dynadot closeouts
โ namejet / snapnames
โ dropcatch (1,200 registrars, best catch rate on contested names)
the process: domain expires โ grace period โ โpending deleteโ โ drops.
once itโs pending delete (usually ~5 days before the drop) you can place a backorder. if more than one person wants it, it goes to auction.
most of these never get listed for sale. catch the ones with real value (traffic, backlinks, brandable names).